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#205 Is the Game Over? New Challenges to the Antitrust Exemption for Major League Baseball.

#205 Is the Game Over? New Challenges to the Antitrust Exemption for Major League Baseball.

FromOur Curious Amalgam


#205 Is the Game Over? New Challenges to the Antitrust Exemption for Major League Baseball.

FromOur Curious Amalgam

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Major League Baseball ("MLB") is big business, with revenues that exceeded $10 billion in 2019. How and why is MLB immune from liability under the U.S. federal antitrust laws? Co-hosts Alicia Downey and Melissa Maxman invited guests Julian Perlman and Sathya Gosselin to debate the pros and cons of the Baseball Exemption from a policy and practical perspective. Listen to this episode to learn about recent efforts under way in Congress and the courts to eliminate MLB's special exemption. With special guests: Julian Perlman, BakerHostetler and Sathya Gosselin, Hausfeld LLP Related Links: Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs et al., 259 U.S. 200 (1922)  Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc., 346 U.S. 356 (1953)  Flood v. Kuhn, 407 U.S. 258 (1972) Hosted by: Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and Melissa Maxman, Cohen & Gresser LLP
Released:
Jan 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Our Curious Amalgam explores topics in antitrust, competition, consumer protection, data protection, and privacy law around the world with leading experts in those areas. It is an amalgam because it is a group of diverse topics all in one place. It is curious because it gets the experts and asks them in-depth questions.